Liberty, MissouriApril 1956

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Summary

On April 1, 1956, a 14-year-old witness at Liberty, Missouri, reported many objects near the planet Venus. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The account came in by letter.

The witness said about 1,500 objects were near Venus and thought they were 50 to 100 miles from the planet. He said little lights always appeared around Venus when he looked at it. One large object, round, white with a blue tinge, and said to be 100 feet across, stayed still for 15 to 20 minutes. The objects were seen toward the northwest.

The Air Force called the report unreliable. The record said the estimate of size and distance was not believable, since nothing 100 feet across on Venus could be seen through a small telescope. It noted the witness was 14 years old.

Reported location

Liberty, Missouri

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

MO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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le PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD hd |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. : DO Wos Bolloon
1 April 1956 Liberty, Missouri 0 Probably Balloon
| | DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3) ¥2aninly Balloon
: PER 1) | RE eR aope 0 Ground-Radar + Probably Alvcroft |
om7_02/0145Z D0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XE No ivilian \ 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION * NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE , Othetinreliable Rpt
: a nsulfretsbr Data for Evaluation
4 nknown !
15-20 minutes 1,500 NW ;
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1,500 objects near Venus. Witness Amazing estimate of size and
A thought them to be 50-100 miles from distance. Anything 100' in
: Venus, Every time he looks at Venus diameter on Venus could not
3 there are little lights around the be resolved through small TX.
EF planet. One big saucer was station- Witness 14 years old, Umreliable
ary for 15-20 minutes, White with rpt.
blue tinge, Round. 100 feet in diametgr.,
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965286